Guilty Plea: NY Cheesemaker's Raw Milk Cheese Causes Deadly Listeria Outbreak

The maker of raw milk cheese, Johannes Vulto, and his company, Vulto Creamery, pleaded guilty to causing the introduction of adulterated food into interstate commerce in connection to a listeria outbreak from 2016 to 2017 that killed two people and hospitalized six others. Vulto was ordered to pay $100,000 and could face up to one year in prison, a fine of $250,000, and one year of supervised release. The outbreak was linked to cheese from the Vulto Creamery, prompting a recall of its products by the Food and Drug Administration.